Re: Differences in RH Fedora coming from Debian

From: Micha Feigin (michf_at_post.tau.ac.il)
Date: 01/15/04

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    On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:19:54AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
    > I'm taking a class this semester which is all about installing and using
    > Linux. After talking with the professor on Tuesday, I've learned a few
    > details. First, I have to use Vulgarly Illogical for my text editor for
    > the purposes of labs, tests, etc. As illustrated by the previous
    > sentence, I'm an emacs user. :) I'm not happy about it, but I'm not
    > against learning vi in the event that some day I am banished to a hell
    > where there is no emacs. :) The other problem, however, is what the
    > subject deals with.
    >
    > We're going to be working on Fedora systems. What's sickening, is that
    > the reason I was given for using Fedora was because it was 'free' since
    > we have a CONTRACT with Red Hat. Apparently, free as in speech Debian
    > isn't free enough for them? :) While I have gotten permission from the
    > professor to use my laptop (with Debian on it) for the class, I'll still
    > be responsible for knowing the Fedora way of doing things for purposes
    > of the hands-on midterm and final.
    >
    > So, with all of that said, what can I expect in the way of differences.
    > I have already confirmed with him that any and all GUI tools will NOT be
    > used for any labs. (i.e. all installation and configuration will be
    > text-only, with config files to be edited by hand) I know, for example,
    > that the default document path in RH systems is /usr/doc while in Debian
    > it's /usr/share/doc. What other things like this should I look out for?
    > Can I still expect all config files to be in /etc, does RH use
    > /etc/init.d/ and friends, etc. Any and all tips are welcome. TIA.
    >

    Configs will be in /etc but afaik the rc system (startup scripts) is a
    bit different.

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